After that particular bit of news came out, gamers came out of the woodwork demanding answers. Twitter and Facebook both exploded with fans wondering why Ubisoft couldn’t just release it for Wii U now, and the other platforms later. There was also some concern that the delay may ultimately hurt Rayman Legends’ chances at retail. Here’s a sampling:

Facing mounting pressure from gamers, Ubisoft decided to issue a response to quiet things down a little bit. The publisher apologized for the delay, and offered another demo to hopefully help quell the Wii U gamers who are understandably frustrated by the delay.

Thanks for all your feedback regarding Rayman Legends in all of its forms. We have heard you and we will continue to listen. We understand your frustration and that you want to get your hands on the game.

Now, a demo is little recompense for what many Wii U owners see as a slap in the face. In fact, it seems to have made gamers even angrier. Here’s a few select comments from after the announcement:

“We don’t want a new demo! We want the game on the day it was supposed to be released, it’s already finished!”

“My interest in the game will only go back go MUST BUY if the game is out by the end of March. September is too far to maintain excitement, I’ll have other games to buy and play by then. No demo will change that.”

“Yes that’s right Ubisoft just rub more salt in the wound. A demo just makes people more and more angry. The game is done so just release it. You have a perfect opportunity for some sales. It’s like you actively do not want to make money.”

As expected, fans have also taken to popular petition site Change.org, which is usually reserved for petitioning on behalf of human rights, to ask for the game to be released for the Wii U in February.

Regardless, it looks like Wii U owners will have to wait alongside everybody else for Rayman Legends. Too bad all those potential PS3 and Xbox 360 players will be too busy playing Grand Theft Auto V to notice.

There is no call for the Rayman Legends delay Wii U owners (aka: Nintendo Supporters). Have had to wait for too much already. If you tried to tell Microsoft to wait so you could retool a game for Wii U They would tell you where to shove it and threaten to break ties. The game is finished so do the right thing and release it on time.

Douglas Williams

If I have to wait till september it will be the last game I buy from ubisoft. The only reason I will have this one is because its already preordered and paid for.

Kashai

Assassin’s Creed didn’t get delayed so the Wii U version could share the launch with the PS3/360 versions, why this? I know a lot of third party devs have a sour history with Nintendo, but this is a load of B.S.